REGAN PUCKETT

Writer from the Ozarks working on her debut novel and distracting herself
with tiny stories about ghosts, space, and other looming things.

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SELECTED WORKS

Regan’s writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Story and recognized in the Best Microfiction anthology and on the Wigleaf longlist. Her stories have won or been honored in several writing competitions and can be found in Catapult, Ninth Letter, Fractured Literary, and more.

“In this town, there are five thousand ghosts, and they all wear your face. For years, you’ve shed them like outgrown sweaters, some frayed, moth-eaten, others that never quite fit. Most ghosts fall away cleanly, fully composed, and roam the town.”

— A Guide to Small Town Ghosts

Winner of the Fractured Literary Ghost Story Competition, Judged by Kevin Brockmeier